I’ll admit it – my girls have A LOT of clothes. I guess it happens when you have three girls. We have lots of friends who have passed their clothes onto us and I am so grateful to have had to buy so little of the massive piles that we do have. I did have […]
Blog Hop Party with Giveaways
I’m really excited to be a part of the Quilting Gallery’s big Celebrate Back to School’s Blog Hop Party. If this is your first time here I just want to welcome you to my blog! I’ll just give you a quick overview of the major things that happen on here: (and yes – I will […]
Block of the Month and Quilt Along Updates
I’m guessing this will be the last ‘dramatic’ Block of the Month and Quilt Along updates for awhile. Apple season is going to be kicking it into full gear here and my sewing time will be cut quite a bit. Regardless – I’m really excited to show off my progress I’ve made in the last […]
Fall’s Hottest Colors
I wanted to do a post related to one of the recent Etsy Finds Emails we received. I want to see if I have anything that fits in with the Fall’s Hottest Color Trends or if I need to do some work – and fast! Tangerine Tango Source: etsy.com via Kim on Pinterest […]
Fabrics N Quilts Scrap Quilt Contest the Amazing Technicolor Dream Quilt
It is finished! My quilt for the Scrap Quilt Contest is completely done – quilted and bound! I am beyond excited about it and I can’t wait to hear what you all think! Thank you so much Shannon from Fabrics N Quilts for putting this challenge out there! I’ve had this quilt in my mind […]
Down N Dirty Divas at the Dirty Girl Mud Run
Yesterday morning I woke up bright and early and headed to Waukesha WI to do something I’ve never done before – a 5K Mud Run, the Dirty Girl. Me and over 8,000 other woman gathered at the Waukesha Expo center on Saturday or Sunday to run in this crazy, fun event. My friend, Amy, convinced […]
Fabrics N Quilts Scrap Quilt Contest 2012 Free Form Quilt WIP Report
I’m too excited about my Scrap Quilt Contest piece to blog about anything else. Right now I’m going to show you how my quilt transformed from these nine blocks: to this ‘Amazing Technicolor Dream Quilt’ top. I had a difficult time deciding what was the easiest and best way to ‘blend’ my nine blocks together. […]
Fabrics N Quilts Scrap Quilt Contest 2012 – Free Form Quilt WIP Report
I figured it was time to show you the four other scrap blocks I created for my Free Form Scrap Quilt since I’m getting to the point of the FINALY QUILT REVEAL!! That’s right – I just have to hand stitch the binding on and I will have a quilt to photo and enter into […]
Summer Adventure – Betty Lou Cruise in Madison
Jared and my birthday’s are just under a month a part. This year – my sister-in-law sent us a gift certificate that was for us to go eat somewhere nice in Madison OR go on a Betty Lou Cruise. It was enough that it basically covered a cruise for the two older girls, Jared and […]
Spoonflower Fabric Friday – Pinwheels
I haven’t posted a spoonflower fabric feature in a few weeks but I figure today is the perfect day. I took one photo that I took of a pinwheel to create all these spectacular fabrics. Just by cropping and playing with colors and effects you can see all the differences in the pieces. Foggy Pinwheels […]